1.5 Christmas time

"Tomorrow is Christmas day. I can't wait to see what i get for presents! I hope it is something we can use for the baby. Can you believe it? We are gonna be parents soon."
"Mmmm..."
"Are you reading that article again? Hon, i told you already, it is perfect. You can't do any more now. So get ready. We are going to go shop for presents for your mom and dad."
Bob's family was invited for Christmas the next evening, as were one of my friends. And the best part is we are having a white Christmas this year! The song "Let it snow" would be perfect for this party.
The christmas tree was all set up with lights and decorations, buffet table all ready to be filled with delicious homemade food, and the crib in the next room was set up for the kid we were expecting. That's right! I'm pregnant! It took some time for us. Accordingly to the doctors tests, i got pregnant on the 1st April, so I'm actually set to give birth to our new child on the 1st January.

"Honey!" he called. "What do you think about this?" When i had waddled over to him, he showed me a copy of his article on the computer, with edited quotes all over the place.
"Sweetheart, i told you the other piece was perfect. Now please, go get ready for our shopping trip. We don't want to be the only people without presents for the others. And each other for that matter," i said the last bit under my breath.
"oh yeah, by the way, i got a big christmas bonus from work this year! Over 3.000 simoleons. Can you believe it? We're rich!" I laughed.
"Actually we need a bit more than that to be rich, but alright hon. I guess we are kind of rich compared to what we used to have." We chuckled a bit, got dressed and went out to wait for the cab we had called. In these small towns you don't hail a cab. You call a cab company if you want one. Otherwise there is no cab anywhere.
"Finally! I was freezing to death." We drove through the beautiful landscape of white roads and grass covered in frosty untroubled white snow. It was an amazing picture. If i had had a camera, it would have been the perfect picture to hang on the wall. We got to warm up a bit in the cab on the way downtown, but as soon as we got out I froze just as much as before we entered the cab. We went for a walk through the streets, looking for different kinds of stuff my in-laws wanted for Christmas.
"Hmm... a blender for your mom," I listed from the piece of paper they had written for us. "A water purifier for your dad.  And lets see... a new tanktop for your sister. Isn't she like 8 years old?"
He chuckled. "No, don't you remember? We went to her 13th birthday last month."
"Oh my, you are right! Wow, how time flies by quickly."
We found everything we wanted and then called for a cap once again. We warmed up on our way home, entered the house and layed all the wrapped presents on the floor in the hall/kitchen/dining room. This was where all the presents would go tomorrow evening. We might as well start it now.
The Christmas tree was in here as well, since there was no room in the living room.
Bob came over and hugged me from behind, whispering in my ear: "So, you want to have some fun with Santa?" He could be very seductive when he wanted to be. And he knew i loved that sentence.
"Oh, give it to me." I said, as we dashed upstairs to have some romantic times in the bedroom.

"Woo hoo!" I yelled while being pleasured to death by my love.
"Phew, that was amazing," i said as i rose from the bed. I had gotten undressed pretty quickly considering i'm weighing a ton with a baby in my tummy. I got dressed and was about compliment Bob on his fantastic techniques in the bed, when a sudden pain shot through me.
"Auch!"
"hmm what's that honey?"
"Oh my god! My water just broke!"
"What?!"

"My god damn water broke! Get me to the hospital! Auuuuuuh!"
We rushed to the hospital just in time.

As i went in to the birthing room, i was in so much pain, all i did was curse at poor Bob for everything he said and did. He could do nothing right.
"Push! Push!" The nurse kept saying.
"I am god damn pushing!" I screamed, sweat running down my face, and pain like i had never experienced before coursed through my lower part of my body.
And then, it was all over. In 30 minutes i had been pushing and pushing, cursed and screamed, and suddenly it was all over. My little bundle of joy was here and it was a boy. Now i was thankful that we had wanted to keep the gender a surprise. We chose to name him Bernard, after my favorite cousin.
We got to stay until the next day. Then the hospital called a cab for us and we drove home.

When we got home, we fed, changed and put him to bed. Then i took a shower, did my hair, makeup, dressed in a christmassy dress and started cooking. I was not going to cancel Christmas just because i had given birth the day before. This was going to be the best Christmas ever, no matter what!
"Honey!" Bob called out to me. "Have you seen my sweater? The brown one i got for my birthday?"
"It's on the bed. I layed it out for you ealier today."
"Thanks!"
It was now 5 o'clock in the evening. The guests would be arriving in an hour and i still needed to finish the cookies. It was possible that Mags would bring some food as well, since that was the norm in the Newbie family, so there was food enough for all of us.

Tears were in my eyes. "It is so beautiful!" I had gotten a silver necklace from Bob. It was beautiful with a blue stone in the middle. It you went to an appraiser it would not be worth much, but it meant a lot to me. My heart melted. And with the resent child birth, i was extra sensitive. "Ohhh," i wept on his shoulder and gave him a wet kiss.

"There there honey, it's just a necklace." He smiled overbearingly to the others, as they stared not so sensitively towards me.
"Now who is next?" He looked around at everyone, expecting someone to start grabbing gifts.
"Dear, i believe you are the last one to open your presents," Mags said, smiling to her son.
"Well then, lets see what my love has bought for me."

"Wow! This is amazing! Thank you so much Alyca!"
I had bought him a real life collectors model of Sylvanas Windrunner, a figure from his favorite game World of Warcraft. I didn't get what he saw in that game. I mean it was just about going about in the world slaying monsters all the time. What was so great about that? But it made him happy, so i was happy. And, i knew he would love that gift.
"I bought it on Amazon.com. I'm glad you like it hon."
He pulled me close to him. "I love it, and I love you" he said tenderly and then kissed me hard on the lips.

"I love you too. Merry Christmas, my love." A tear prickled in my left eye.
"Merry Christmas to you too." He turned around with me holding my arms around him. "And a very merry Christmas to all of you guys. We are so  happy that you could join us in this joyful time. And now," he winked at me. "I think someone upstairs has woken up."
He let go of me and went upstairs to check on Bernard.

"Hello there, my little prince. Do you need a new diaper? Yes you do, oh yes you do.."
He changed the diaper and then picked him up again. "You are my star, my prince, my world. I love you Bernard." And then he laid him back in the crib and rejoined the party downstairs.